STOCKTON, Mo. — “Warm season grasses provide high quality summer forage for cattle grazing and allow rest time for lower quality cools season pastures,” says Patrick Davis, MU Extension Regional Livestock Field Specialist. Ideal planting time for native warm season grasses is winter and spring. Therefore, MU Extension will provide a Warm Season Grass Cattle Grazing Workshops to educate cattle producers interested in establishment, management and cattle grazing benefits of warm season grasses.
Workshop will be on January 16th at the Hickory County MU Extension Center, 18715 Cedar Street, Hermitage, Mo. Workshop will begin at 6:00 p.m.
Topics and presenters are as follows:
· Warm Season Grass Development and Management, Terry Halleran, MU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist, Hermitage, Mo.
· Cattle Nutrition and Grazing Management on Warm Season Grasses, Patrick Davis, MU Extension Livestock Field Specialist, Stockton, Mo.
Workshop is free to the public but registration to the Hickory County MU Extension Center at (417) 745-6767 by January 15th is required to attend. For all other questions, contact Patrick Davis MU Extension Livestock Field Specialist at 417-276-3313 or davismp@missouri.edu. For more information in this area, visit the MU Extension/NRCS grasslands project website at https://extension2.missouri.edu/programs/nrcs-mu-grasslands-project. Contact us immediately if you need accommodations because of a disability, need to relay emergency medical information or need special arrangements if the building is evacuated.
Click the link for a flyer: Hickory County MU Extension Warm Season Grass Cattle Grazing Workshops Flyer 1-16-2020
— University of Missouri Extension
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